Edwards Plan Wins Support for Senate Compromise
Edwards indicates about two thirds of the State Senate back a compromise bill to curb filibuster rules. The plan would abolish the Tuesday Thursday rule and suspend the 5 p.m. closing rule on certain legislative days, applying only to the Senate. House filibusters and July Fourth recess actions are noted as sessions pause until July 8.
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Morgan Lawrence
Bingham Edwards
Senate
House
Decatur
Edwards
Morgan County Property Revaluation Delinquency Report
Morgan County property revaluation work will be delayed with a progress status report due by July 1. Kirby C. Smith Inc. is the contractor, subcontracted to a Chicago firm, and a federal hearing July 1 could affect mapping materials for four counties including Limestone.
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Morgan County
State Revenue Department
Pierce Culver
Ad Valorem Tax Division
Montgomery
Kirby C. Smith Inc
Revenue Department
Kirby
Jacobs
Chicago
Culver
San Antonio
Limestone
Stewart Mapping Co
Lee
Cherokee
Blount
Stewart
Two FBI Agents Killed in Pine Ridge Shootout
On Pine Ridge Reservation South Dakota two FBI agents Jack Coler and Ronald Williams were shot to death while serving warrants at a house. An Indian at the scene was killed later authorities said. FBI and BIA agents searched the area and questioned residents as they pursued suspects. A related blast damaged the Mt Rushmore visitors center as police noted possible connections to broader tensions.
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Pine Ridge
S.D
South Dakota
William Janklow
FBI
Pine Ridge Indian Reservation
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Joseph Trimbach
Mt. Rushmore National Memorial
Pine Ridge Reservation
Jack R. Coler
Ronald A. Williams
Oglala
Wounded Knee
Washington
Dog killings strike Morgan rural areas inweek of attacks
Three weeks ago Roy Garrison saw his beagle be crushed and two days later his neighbor Bob Mullins lost a beagle to a beaten road injury. Morgan County Humane Society reports about two dog injury cases weekly with few witnesses and no convictions in four years.
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Roy Garrison
Garrison
Bob Mullins
Chapel Hill Rd
Your Opinion
Decatur Daily
Mullins
Beagle
Humane Society
Morgan County
Windell Allen
Morgan County Humane Society
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Meals On Wheels to resume in Morgan Lawrence region
The Morgan Law rence Community Action Committee restarts Meals on Wheels after a funding lull. Five centers including Cherry Street School in Decatur Hartselle Courtland and Moulton will serve free hot lunches to about 700 elderly people five days weekly with volunteers needed for noon serving shifts.
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Morgan
Decatur
Hartselle
Courtland
Moulton
Cherry Street
Morgan County High School
Baptist Academy
Mrs. Moody
On This Day 1950 Truman Orders Air Force and Navy Aid
In 1950 President Truman ordered the U S Air Force and Navy to assist in repelling North Korea's invasion of South Korea. The calendar notes plus the weather forecast mention mid 80s highs and upper 60s nights with full weather on A-2. It's A Privilege to live in the Tennessee Valley.
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Harry Truman
U. S. Air Force
Navy
South Korea
Tennessee Valley
Queen Elizabeth II to visit United States in bicentennial year
Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip accepted an invitation from President Ford for a state visit during the 1976 bicentennial year. Senate approves 7.67 billion education bill 64 to 12 despite veto warnings. FBI arrests two men on charges of spying for the Soviet Union.
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Washington
Britain
Elizabeth II
Duke of Edinburgh
Ford
United States
Senate
FBI
Soviet Union
ACLU links FBI to paid right wing disruptors in San Diego
ACLU reports to Senate investigators alleges FBI recruited and funded a dozen armed operatives to provoke and terrorize antiwar protesters in 1971 72. It cites San Diego group Secret Army Organization and ties to Nixon era interagency activity and COINTELPRO style aims.
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San Diego
American Civil Liberties Union
Senate
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Senate Select Committee On Intelligence
A.C.L.A
F.B.I
H. Peter Young
Mark
D. Rosenbaum
A.C.L.A. Foundation
Southern California
F.B.L
Secret Army Organization
A.C.S.A
Bureau
Secret Army
F.ba
Cointelpro
New Left
A.C.L.U
F B.S
ACLU
Mathews Nomination Spurs Caddell to Lead Alabama
Dr. David Mathews is nominated to head HEW and could trigger Decatur attorney John A. Caddell to become University of Alabama chief executive officer. Caddell plans leave of absence and emphasizes trustees will keep the university’s administrative setup intact as the board weighs formal action at a special meeting. Gov. Wallace praises Mathews while noting HEW funds and rising costs challenge higher education and welfare programs.
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U.S. Senate
David Mathews
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Decatur
John A. Caddell
University of Alabama
Caddell
Mathews
Ford
Senate
Casper Weinberger
Tuscaloosa
Washington
Dr. Mathews
Alabama
South
Grove Hill
Ala
George C. Wallace
Health, Education and Welfare
Wallace
Cycle Accidents Rising In Area
Four Alabama counties face a potential record year for motorcycle crashes with 39 reported through April and 25 plus injured in the region. Officials cite inattention and speeding as primary causes, noting rising incidents in Cullman and ongoing injuries and fatalities.
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Montgomery
Morgan
Lawrence
Limestone
Cullman
Larry Spann
Department of Public Safety
Spann
Decatur
Athens
Limestone County
Morgan County
Cullman County
Lawrence County
Odell Sells Household Goods After Low Cost Ad
Somerville resident Howard Odell posted a low cost daily ad and sold the household goods advertised, receiving seven additional responses to the sale.
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Howard Odell
Somerville
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